LEWISTON — Don Harden will be honored with the 2021 Ikaria Award for his work with older people at the annual Fill the Plate Breakfast, to be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, March 19. The virtual event will benefit Meals on Wheels at SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging for Western Maine. […]
Alex Lear
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Alex Lear is a lifelong Mainer who has spent 25 years in journalism -- the first 20 as a reporter for newspapers in Damariscotta and Falmouth, then as Opinions section editor for the Sun Journal and now a digital producer with the Maine Trust for Local News. His long-running “Learics” column won first place in the Maine Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. He and his wife Lauren are kept young by their 9-year-old daughter Alaina. Send feedback and suggestions to Alex.
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MCA chooses Pownal student as February student of month
SCARBOROUGH — Maine Connections Academy (MCA), the state’s first online public charter school, has selected Will Brown, an eighth-grade student from Pownal, as its February 2021 STAR Student of the Month. The STAR Student is an MCA scholar, selected from students throughout the state, who represents the school’s accomplishments and spirit. This is Will’s first […]
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Ellen Grunblatt: Inmates need vaccine soon, too
This letter regards the March 4 Sun Journal article, “State says people in jails and prisons will have to keep waiting for vaccines.” The unexamined “policy” to exclude inmates from COVID immunization is irresponsible and inhumane, for all the reasons clearly laid out in the article. When we imprison people we become responsible for them. […]
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‘Lean in Toward the Light’ concert to celebrate Sophia’s House opening
LEWISTON — The Center for Wisdom’s Women opened Sophia’s House, a residential healing community for women, one year ago. It was just as the virus arrived, canceling a planned opening gala event at the Franco Center. Now, on the weekend of the equinox, it is time to celebrate the first year of operation and “Lean […]
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Area students receive USM Promise scholarships
PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine has announced it has reached a major milestone in its campaign for the Promise Scholarship Program, which serves first-generation USM students with significant financial need. Over the past three years, it has raised more than $8.8 million for Promise, including over $7.5 million needed to endow the USM […]
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Climate justice activist to keynote CEBE convergence
NORWAY — The Center for an Ecology-Based Economy will host “2030 Vision: From Climate Action to Climate Justice,” a virtual climate convergence to continue to build momentum in western Maine and beyond during this critical climate decade, from Sunday through Thursday, March 14-18. Building on the 350-person convergence in early 2020, the center is hosting […]
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Mike Lapointe: COVID bill ‘nothing but liberal extortion’
The COVID-19 relief bill has been in the news lately; I’ve never seen a bigger misnomer. The truth is that only 9% of this bill goes to victims of COVID-19. The other 91% goes to fulfill a Democratic wish list. The Democrats are holding a gun to our heads and telling us that we must […]
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Well done news for Monday, March 9
Hunt named to Le Moyne College dean’s list SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College has named Kaitlin Hunt, a first-year nursing major from Monmouth, to its fall 2020 dean’s list. To make the list, students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or above. McMillan part of St. Lawrence University Fed Challenge team CANTON, N.Y. […]
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SeniorsPlus seeks new members for advisory council
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, is seeking new members for its advisory council. The council is a requirement under the Older Americans Act and is responsible for advising on issues concerning older adults and Older Americans Act programs. The council serves as the “eyes and […]